Blue Skies (BT song)

"Blue Skies"
Single by BT featuring Tori Amos
Released October 28, 1996 (UK)
November 4, 1996 (US)
December 2, 1996 (Australia)
Format CD single
Recorded 1996
Genre Dance
Songwriter(s) Brian Wayne Transeau

"Blue Skies" is a song by BT with featured vocals by Tori Amos. Released as a single in the United Kingdom in October 1996, it hit number one on the United States Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in January 1997.[1] "Blue Skies" also appears on the Party of Five soundtrack. Many versions (remixes) of the song exist.

While originally announced for BT's follow-up album, ESCM, it was later appended to the double-disc reissue of his first album, Ima.

In the album notes for BT's 10 Years in the Life compilation, BT says that Tori Amos performed 15 minutes of improvisational singing over his track "Divinity", which later became the vocals for "Blue Skies". He says that Tori never sang the words "blue" or "skies" in the recording. He joined together syllables and breaths to make new words through editing.

Track listing

CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Blue Skies" (Radio Edit)3:51
2."Blue Skies" (Delphinium Days Mix)11:48
3."Blue Skies" (Paul van Dyk's Erinnern Indigo Mix)8:13
4."Blue Skies" (Paul van Dyk's Blauer Himmel Mix)8:02
5."Blue Skies" (Robbers of Antiquity Alien Disco Mix)8:02
12-inch single
No.TitleLength
1."Blue Skies" (Radio Edit)3:49
2."Blue Skies" (Rabbit in the Moon's Phathomless Mix)10:14
3."Blue Skies" (Deep Dish Blue Phunk Mix)8:55
4."Blue Skies" (Deep Dish Blue Phunk Dub)4:55
5."Blue Skies" (BT's Liquid Oxygen Dub)9:06

Charts

Chart (1996–1997) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 93
UK (Official Charts Company)[3] 26
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play[1] 1

References

  1. 1 2 "Billboard > Artists / BT > Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  2. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 23 Feb 1997". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Official Charts > BT featuring Tori Amos". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-04-28.

See also

Preceded by
"No One Can Love You More Than Me" by Hannah Jones		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
January 25, 1997 		Succeeded by
"The Boss" by The Braxtons
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